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Tree mortality and Extreme Rainfall in the Amazon

Presentation Date
Friday, December 14, 2018 at 1:40pm
Location
Walter E Washington Convention Center Hall A-C (Poster Hall)
Authors

Author

Robinson I Negron Juarez - Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory (LBNL)
Daniel Marra - Max Planck Institute for Biogeochemistry
Hillary S Jenkins - Harvard University
Izabela Fonseca Aleixo - INPA National Institute of Amazonian Research
Antenor Barbosa - INPA National Institute of Amazonian Research
Geraldine Derroire - Centre de coopération internationale en recherche agronomique pour le développement (CIRAD)
Jennifer Holm - Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory (LBNL)
Bruno Hérault - Centre de coopération internationale en recherche agronomique pour le développement (CIRAD)
Ervan Rutishauser - Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute
Benoit Burban - Institut National de la Recherche Agronomique (INRA)
Damien Bonal - Institut National de la Recherche Agronomique (INRA)
Danielle S Christianson - University of California Berkeley (UC Berkeley)
Boris Faybishenko - Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory (LBNL)
Detto Matteo
Alessandro C De Araujo - Brazilian Agricultural Research Corporation (Embrapa)
Chris J Peterson - University of Georgia
Adriano Hose Nogueira Lima - INPA National Institute of Amazonian Research
Niro Higuchi - Instituto Nacional de Pesquisas da Amazônia (INPA)
William Riley - Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory (LBNL)
Jeffrey Q Chambers - University of California
Abstract

Mesoscale Convective Systems (MCS) are responsible for severe rainfall in the Amazon and can produce strong descending winds that can uprooting or break trees the most dominant mode of tree mortality in the Amazon. Our results show that severe rainfall help to explain the observed residence time of woody biomass and tree mortality in the Amazon.

Link for More Information
https://agu.confex.com/agu/fm18/meetingapp.cgi/Paper/439868
Related Meeting/Event
AGU Fall Meeting 2018
Category
Biogeosciences
Funding Program Area(s)
RGMA
Project(s)
Reducing Uncertainty in Biogeochemical Interactions through Synthesis and Computation (RUBISCO) Scientific Focus Area (SFA)
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